Valve.



PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

J.PETERSON.

VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1907.

Nrrnn STATES JOHN PETERSON, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

VALVE.

Bpecificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10,- my.

.1. vdication mid January 16,1907. sisal No. 352,489.

To all wkomjt may concern:

Be it known that I, .lonN Pn'rnnson, a citizen of the United States, and a resident .of New ough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to valves and has particular application to mechanism of the type -referred to, designed particularly for use in connection withreservoir sluiceways and other places requiring large controlling valves, although I wish it to be understood: that the invention is applicable for other purpesos.

In carryingout the present invention I have in view I the provision of a valve, the plug or gate of which is so constructed and. arranged as to be balanced, thereby admitting of the easy operation of the structure. I The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

. In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the various views, and Figure 1 is a view mainly in section showing my improvement applied to an elbow pipe; Fig. 2 is aitransverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig: 1; Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the valve plug; Fig. 4-is a sectional view, enlarged, of a portion of the T valve plug and the casing, and showing the conical construction of the gasketed portions.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 5 designates an elbow'pipe surmounted by the valve casing A, such casingcomprising the base portion 6, the intermediate open section 7, such section being open in the sense that it is provided with a plurality of ports 8 designed to. permit the water to pass therethrough. The intermediate section is surmounted by the valve bonnet 9. The top edge portion of thebase section 6 is flared or inclined, as at 10, and is surrounded on its interior face by the packing or gasketll. The upper edge portion of the intermediate ported section 7 is similarly flared or, inclined, as at 12, and is also provided with the packing or gasket 13. is'indicated at 14 andicomprises an open or hollow body portion having its edges inclined, so that a conical plug results. The upper inclined edge 15 it surrounded by the annular gasket 16 while the lower inclined edge 17 is provided with a bearing 18. This plug is provided at its central portion with a socket 19 for the reception oi the valve stem 20, such socket being connectedto the annular portion of the plug'by the web 21 which gives strength and rigidity to the plug. The stem 20 extends through the stuflmg 150x22 at the top of the bonnet.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and York "city, boroperation of-my mechanism will be resdilyappareut. In the particular device shown the elbow or pipe is adapted to be submerged so that the water may flow at all times through the open ports 8. In its normal closed position the valve is as shown in Fig. 1, that is to say, with the conical peripheral edges of the plug bearing against the interior annular inclined edge portions 6 and 7. When the valve is opened by operating the stem 20 the conical plug is lifted upward from the position shown in Fig. 1, and the water flows into the pipe, and as pressure is applied to both ends of the valve, or upon-both sides of the same, it is thus balanced inits action and may be operated with but little exertion and with facility. I It is of course evident that this balancing effect is further attained by the fluid llowing into the bonnet portion of the structure, and in through the hollow plug. In Fig. 4 one manner of securing the intermediate section and the bonnet isshown, in such instances, ordinary belts or screws 23 being employed. The valve stem 20 may also be 'secured in a sleeve or socket in any suitable manner, such as by the nut 24 threaded onto the end of such stem. v

i I am aware of the fact that hitherto it has been proical plug. Such aconstruction is shown in the patent to Storle No. 784,081, but my device differs in both construction and function from a mechanism such as shown in this patent. For, instead of employing a diaphragm or partition extending obliquely across the valve chamber, and having the fluid flow directly from the pipe through the lower valve chamber and in through the outlet, I provide, as above described, a construction wherein one portion of the valve casing is The valve plug at all times open, in the drawings this being shown as the intermediate section having the ports 8. I do not as in said patent have merely an opening on one side of the case, which opening is normally closed by the recessed cap, but I provide a hollow conical plug hearing against inclined seat members formed above and below an annular section of the casing, which section is, open on all sides' By such a construction I amen j abled to attain the'desired end, the balance of-a large structure of valve, which may be submerged permanently in a well or.reservoir. 4 Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

l.- The combination with a pipe, of a valve-casing surmountlng the some adapted to be submerged in a body of water, said casing havlng ports arranged therein to permit the inflow of the water at all concentrically arranged'above and below the ports, and a hollow plug having inclined end portions adapted to bear against the seats. c I

2. A valve comprising a. caslng'adepted to be submerged in a body of water and havlng'an intermediate section formed with a plurality of ports at all-tlmes open to the posed to construct a valve having concentrically arranged seats adapted to form bearing surfaces for a contimes, a plurality of seats inflow of water, valve seats arranged above and below the ports, and a conical hollow ping adapted to bear against said seats when closed.

3. The combination with a valve casing adapted to be submerged in .o. body of water and having 'aplurality of 7 ports formed therein at all times open to the inflow of water, concentrically arranged inclined seats formed above and below said ports, a closed chamber above the uppermost seat, and aTtubnlar conical plug arranged within said casing and adapted to have its upper and lower edge portions bear against adjacent seats when the valve is closed.

4. The combination with-a casing, adapted to be submerged in a body of water and having an intermediate section formed with a plurality of ports extending entirely around the same and at all times permitting the inflow of water, inclined seats arranged above and below said ports, a tubular conical plug within said casing having inclined edge portions designed to bear against adjacent seat portions, and a stem for said plug extending through the bonnet portion of the valve. V

5. The combinationwith a pipe, of a valve casing adapted to. be submerged in a body'oi'vater, said casing including an upper bonnet pottion and an intermediate portlon having ports extending entirely around thesame and open at all times for the inflow of water, concentric seats formed at the intermediate portion above and below the ports', and a tubular conical plug adapted to have its upper and lower edges bear against said seatsl In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

' v JOHN PETERSON.

Witnesses: R. B. Gav/mum, i Jos. J. PIERANDO. 

